Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-01
THE RAILROADS.
Committees from Vernon, Seymour,
Doan's Store, Albany and COle.nanin
the City on Railroad Business.
The Good wo'k of the Fo,t Worth and
Deuver-The 'hicagO, Rex Island
and Pacific-Home Notes.

Major John d. Lewis of Austin, tht
great excursion manager, was in the city
yesterday.
Work on the artesian well progressed
slowly yesterday, the rimmer delaying the
force at work, but to-day 1t is believed
denfilG results Will De known.
Harry Van Ms.er, the newly appointed
chief clerk Of ticket accounts, Texgs and
Pacific Railroad, at Dallas, made & short
stop al Fort Worth yesterday.
-Four gangs Of tracklayers are at work
on the Texas and Pacific Rio Grande divis
ion and st ael is going down rapidly. The
road Will soon be ready for fast mail
and express train.
The engineering corps of the Fort
Worth Western was at q point seventy
miles distant from Fort Worth yesterday
and still pushing to Graham with the
permanent location.
But very little of the grade on the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande remains t. be
done. The company is receiving rails
and ties daiiy, and it is said when track
laying begins it will be put down st the
rate of two miles per day.
c. p. Huntington is making every eff
tort 10 get the Texas roads in which he is
largely interested out of the hands of re-
ceivers, where he can control and protect
the lines by building necessary extern
sions. When the gentleman takes q hand
there will be many greatly surprised peo-
pie.
From Mr.. C. F. Doan of Doan's Store
1t is learned that large numbers Of men
are at work on the FUIt Worth aud
Denver extension. This road, Mr.. Doan
says, has been great public benefactOr
to the drouth sufferers, hundreds Of them
having obtained employment at good
wages and many being still at work. The
Fort Worth and Denver has the thanks of
the people ali along the line for its good
work.
A gentleman from Wichita Falls in the
city last night said he had Information
from reliable source to the effect that
the forks Of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific would begin at Burlington, and
that the + PAso prong would run
through Wichita Falls, while the Fort
Worth and Southeastern Texas line
you pass through Bowie. He further
stated that the company had corps of
engineers in the Indian Territory running
lines.
Yesterday there arrived in this city
Judge J. K. D4rnell and j. Il McLaiI.,
editor Of the Cressst, from Seymour; G.
z. DOan and W. H. Duan from Doan's
Store, on L I'd river, in the north part OF
Wibarger county; o. P Wood of Yer
non and o. 7. B aeon of Wichita Falls,
who come to see the off ials Of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe and OF the
AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa Fe,
who are expected to be in Fort Worth
oo-day or tomorrow. To-day delegations
from Coleman and also from Albany will
be here on the same mission. A GAZETTE
reporter found the gentlemen at the
Mansion, and learned from them their
plans. Some time in December LAST 8
meeting was held at Albany, and a move
inaugurated to secure the bu ldiDg of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe from Cole
man, along the old cattle trail, to q
connection with the Southern Kansas of
Texas. The meeting was well attended
and committees appointe1 to interest
citizens of Coleman, Baird, Seymour,
Vernon and Doan's Store in the enter
prise. The citizens of ali these places
went to work with will, and now have
the facts with regard to the route we'll in
hand. Maps Of the country have been made,
statistics collected, right of way, depot
grounds and bonuses provided for, end
now the delegates from the different
cities are in Fort Worth to set the matter
before the railroad men. The Old cattle
trail, these gentlemen say, is q natural
route for railroad through the cattle dis
tricts of Texas TO Kansas City and the
north, and many cattlemen both in South
and Northwest Texas are known
10 favor the road and are urging
its building. The committees have
had considerable correspondence with
officials of the road, among the number
being President George Sealy of Calves
ton, and he has indicated where the right
of way should be secured. The South
ern Kansas, these gentlemen say, is now
building rapidly into the Panhandle, and
they believe they can show such good
reasons for the building of a road from
Coleman to a connection with the
Southern Kansas that the Gulf, Colorado
ard Santa Fe will at once
build the road None of the
towns represented expect the Southern
Kansas Of Texas to be built to their con
fines except Seymour, which is on the
proposed line. Mr. WEIGH of the latter
road, has been through the counties
named in the charter of he road, and has
met several Of the committeeman who
are now here. Among those expected to-
day is Judge Fleming Of Alosny, who is
the father OF the project. Mr.. Bacon,
who IS credited to Wichita Falls,
where he lives, is also interested in Yer
non, and for that reason is here at this